La Prevoyante Handicap

Turf race infobox
class = Grade II
horse race = La Prevoyante Handicap


caption =
location = Calder Race Course
Miami Gardens, Florida
inaugurated = 1976
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.calderracecourse.com/ www.calderracecourse.com]
distance = 1 ½ miles (12 furlongs)
track = Grass, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds & up
weight = Handicap
purse = $200,000
bonuses = The La Prevoyante Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida. The race is open to filles and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-half miles on turf. The Grade II race carries a purse of $200,000.

The La Prevoyante Handicap is named for the Hall of Fame filly La Prevoyante who collapsed and died in the unsaddling area at Calder Race Course after a December 28, 1974 race.

First run in 1976, the following year there was no race but it returned permanently in 1978. It has been competed at various distances:
* 8.5 furlongs (1 ¹/16 miles) : 1976
* 9 furlongs (1⅛ miles) : 1978-1983
* 12 furlongs (1 ½ miles) : 1984 to present

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1 ½ miles)
* 2:26.10 - Rigamajig (1991)

Most wins:
* 2 - Coretta (1998, 1999)

Winners of the La Prevoyante Handicap since 1998

*Weather conditions resulted in the 2006 race being switched from the turf to what was a sloppy dirt track.

Earlier winners

*1997 - Last Approach
*1996 - Ampulla
*1995 - Interim
*1994 - Abigailthewife
*1993 - Lemhi Go
*1992 - Sardaniya
*1991 - Rigamajig

*1990 - Yesterday's Kisses
*1989 - Judy's Red Shoes
*1988 - Singular Bequest
*1987 - Lotka
*1986 - Powder Break
*1985 - Persian Tiara
*1984 - Bolt From The Blue

*1983 - London Lil
*1982 - Judgable Gypsy
*1981 - Mairzy Doates
*1980 - Impetuous Gal
*1979 - Unreality
*1978 - Lens Determined
*1976 - Forty Nine Sunsets

References

[http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=2153 The La Prevoyante Handicap at Pedigree Query]